About Carly Wignes

Victoria’s seven millionth cruise ship passenger arrived June 22 on Royal Caribbean’s Explorer of the Seas, one of approximately 550,000 visitors to travel to the region via cruise this season. The arrival marks an important milestone for tourism in Victoria, proving that the city and region are growing in popularity with national and international visitors. Victoria began as

Exclusive e-newsletter for partners of CLIA North West & Canada Mahalo for your support! TRIBUTE PAID TO THE US COAST GUARD 14TH DISTRICT The 15th Annual Tribute to the United States Coast Guard’s Fourteenth District was held on April 19, 2017 at the Hale Koa Hotel. CLIA was pleased to once again be a

CLIA-NWC CELEBRATES INAUGURAL 'CRUISE INDUSTRY DAY' IN VICTORIA At a reception hosted by CLIA-NWC to celebrate the start of the 2017 cruise season, Mayor Lisa Helps officially proclaimed May 2 ‘Cruise Industry Day’ in Victoria, B.C. The Mayor addressed a crowd of more than 100 business and community partners from Victoria, Vancouver, Nanaimo, Port Alberni,

This Saturday, three large cruise ships will converge at Canada Place cruise ship terminal bringing some 14,000 passengers (or guests, as we call them) here in a single day to start or finish their cruise vacation. Unfortunately, for guests travelling on three big ship-days like this Saturday, their experience in this beautiful port city may

Vancouver, BC. April 25, 2017 – Cruise ships, together with their passengers and crew, make a significant annual contribution to the Canadian economy – and cruise industry spending is increasing at a healthy rate in all three of Canada’s major coastal cruise regions – BC, Quebec and Atlantic Canada. Those are among the findings of a new study detailing the economic